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Don’t Call Them Test Companies: How the College Board and ACT Have Shifted Focus

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These days the leaders of the College Board, which runs the SAT, have been making a surprising argument—that colleges and parents should stop taking the scores of its signature test so seriously. In this new era, the College Board is testing a controversial new metric that has been labeled as an “ adversity score.”

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7 reasons to ditch recipe-style science labs

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They had to find the parameters for those conditions and test out various scenarios. Through the hands-on exercises, students also develop the motor skills needed to screw plates together, work with electronic components, and manipulate electrical plug and LED lighting. It helps students develop motor skills. It’s all-encompassing.

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3 things you didn’t know your classroom management software could do

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For group work, either to help solve problems in the group or to gauge progress, record interactions so students can review and reflect on how they interact with their peers. And when students are reaching out, testing the waters beyond their limits, it’s a clear indicator that a supportive learning environment is present.

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The future of learning spaces is open ended

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They come first, before college, before careers, before testing. Whether launching school projects, openly exploring math and science concepts, constructing novel inventions or imagining innovative companies; this kind of a space symbolizes birth. Schools at their heart should be human potentiality incubators. A room for adventure.

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From Fractions to Functions: Navigating Key Topics in GCSE Maths

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Sophia Birk, a digital nomad currently living in Poland, is an international member of the AATT team of educators and a math aficionado. Maths is one of two compulsory GCSE subjects. Maths teachers aim to ensure learners leave school with well-developed numeracy capabilities. The GCSE exam certifies their efforts.

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8 lessons to help school leaders manage change

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Administrators are managing and supporting not just their students, but their faculty as well, even as they are dealing with new initiatives, new federal laws, new local regulations, new testing mandates, and more. Jump in and try a lesson of the new reading or math series you’ve adopted.

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Sir Ken Robinson’s Next Act: You Are the System and You Can Change Education

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How should both groups work together? Where kids are being pitted against each other on the basis of spurious forms of testing, it sets up a false sense of antagonism between people that I think we should avoid. and testing companies have put a big emphasis on improving these standings to not much success.

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